Comments | seanan_mcguire: A world in need of wicked girls.

seanan_mcguire

A world in need of wicked girls.

Jun 26, 2009 08:27

So-for a variety of reasons-I've had the song "Wicked Girls Saving Ourselves" stuck in my head for roughly a week now. This has started to drive me insane. Consequentially, I spent a good chunk of yesterday composing new verses, just so I'd be singing something different. I found this so entertaining that I've decided to make it a party game ( ( Read more... )

song lyrics, party games, silliness

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dornbeast June 26 2009, 15:30:51 UTC

I'm pretty sure that Britomart, from Spenser's The Faerie Queen, is not wicked, but she's definitely qualified to save herself.

seanan_mcguire June 26 2009, 15:41:10 UTC

Britomart yielded her heart to a mirror's reflection,
A maiden untouched and unstained seeking only affection,
She fought for her honor, she fought for her lord,
And she proved that there's grace in the sharpest of swords,
She was chastity's champion, and she won her place on her own,
And they'll try to reduce her, but somehow, she'll always be known.

vulpine137 June 26 2009, 15:32:00 UTC

Asenath Waite from the HPL story 'The Thing at the Doorstep'

seanan_mcguire June 26 2009, 15:41:41 UTC

That, alas, I cannot do, for I have no familiarity.

vulpine137 June 26 2009, 18:09:33 UTC

No worries, it was a wild stab in the dark :)

drcpunk July 4 2009, 05:55:06 UTC

Should you have a burning desire to become familiar with it, most of HPL's stuff is available free online.

filkertom June 26 2009, 15:32:49 UTC

Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

seanan_mcguire June 26 2009, 16:40:06 UTC

They said she was odd, but forgave her, for she was a beauty,
And they told her to give up her dreams, and to marry for duty.
But Belle said she knew life could be something more,
And she ran to the woods, and she opened the door
On a world where the beastly was more than she'd ever believed...
'Til her Beast chose to live as a man, leaving Beauty deceived.

catnip13 June 26 2009, 16:52:38 UTC

OH! Oh!!!!

catnip13 June 26 2009, 16:51:55 UTC

That was my thought too. Thank you, Tom!

angel_vixen June 26 2009, 15:33:13 UTC

Atalanta.

AngelVixen :-)

dormouse_in_tea June 26 2009, 15:33:51 UTC

oh, yes.

angel_vixen June 26 2009, 17:20:27 UTC

Penelope and Guinevere also came to mind, but Atalanta was the very first out of the mental gate (appropriate, no?).

AngelVixen :-)

seanan_mcguire June 26 2009, 17:17:24 UTC

Sweet Atalanta was fast, but the winter was faster,
And the love and the warmth of a she-bear kept her from disaster,
She grew into grace and a woman's estate,
And they say she was grand, and they say she was great,
But they call her a Princess and pampered when they tell her tale...
She'd been edited down like a zephyr that once was a gale.

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dulcinbradbury June 26 2009, 15:35:40 UTC

Medea. :)

seanan_mcguire June 27 2009, 01:22:37 UTC

Medea believed in a man, and she swore she would aid him,
And she did what she could, yet the legends now claim she betrayed him,
For she trusted his words, and believed in his lies,
And now Jason's a legend whose fame never dies
While they call her a villain and blame her for being misled...
She shouldn't have listened to all of the things Jason said.